Applied Emotional Intelligence
The Importance of Attitudes in Developing Emotional Intelligence
Chapter One
Why EI now?
The ever-increasing pace of change
We live in a world where change has to be taken for granted, and where the
rate of change appears to be increasing steadily (though probably the rate
at which it is increasing is itself increasing). This is due to the effects of a
combination of factors:
advances in technology, particularly information and communication
technology;
globalisation;
the Internet;
breakdown of cultural and, since the end of the cold war, political barriers,
leading to more rapid exchange of ideas;
the spread of literacy and higher education;
greater openness to the contribution of different cultures;
the decline of conservative institutions, such as the extended family, and
authoritarian regimes.
Learning to live with change, to embrace it and not to be frightened by
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